Unemployment Rates Drop Across N.C.

Wayne County’s unemployment rate is down following a trend seen across the state.  According to the latest update from the North Carolina Department of Commerce, Wayne County’s seasonally unadjusted jobless rate fell to 5.9% in October, down from the 6.4% unemployment rate recorded in September.  Wayne County’s jobless rate is still higher than it was one year ago in October of 2019 when the rate stood at 3.9%.  Seasonally unadjusted unemployment rates decreased in all of North Carolina’s 100 counties in October this year.